A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, causing tsunami waves and prompting warnings. The quake occurred southeast of Pangai, impacting Tonga and Niue with waves up to one meter high. Authorities ...

THE QUAKE HIT EARLY MORNING LOCAL TIME OR EARLY MORNING MONDAY LOCAL TIME, AROUND 1:18 A.M. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck southeast of Pangai, Tonga, early on March 31, 2025, at 1:18 a.m ...

HONG KONG, March 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 jolted 132 km SE of Pangai, Tonga at 12:18:47 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of ...

The temblor happened at 1:18 a.m. Tonga time about 49 miles southeast of Pangai, Tonga, data from the U.S.G.S shows. U.S.G.S. data earlier reported that the magnitude was 7.1. As seismologists ...

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Sunday near Tonga, a nation of more than 170 islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

SUVA -- A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted 79 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga at 01:18 local time on Monday (12:18 GMT Sunday), the US Geological Survey said. The US Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Suva, March 31 (IANS) A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted 79 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga, at 1:18 local time on Monday, the US Geological Survey said. The US Tsunami Warning Center issued ...

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the preliminary 7.1 quake at 90 km southeast of Pangai, Tonga at 10:18 p.m. (ChST), with a depth of 10 km. "As advised by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ...

A tsunami warning has been issued for places within 300km of the epicentre, including the capital, Nuku'alofa.

Pangai is home to the principal port of the Ha'apai Group of islands of Tonga. The warning has since been lifted. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued the warning that hazardous waves were ...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 hit the Tonga Islands on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).